[IPython-dev] ipython notebook installation instructions

[Fernando Perez]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Ralf Hemmecke <hemmecke at gmail.com> wrote:
> In fact, I would be interested to use the fricas input language inside
> the notebook, not python. Would this be possible with the ipython notebook?

Yes, it's possible but it will require some work on your part.
Basically you'll have to implement something that speaks the IPython
messaging protocol
(http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/development/messaging.html).
There are basically two choices:

1) you can reuse the IPython kernel machinery and gut out the
innermost execution methods, so that instead of using Python they call
out your fricas process/library.

2) You can implement directly in fricas the zeromq protocol itself.

The second option is more work but would produce something a bit
cleaner and more standalone.

Cheers,

f